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dc.contributor.authorFrey, Bruno S.en
dc.contributor.authorSavage, David A.en
dc.contributor.authorTorgler, Bennoen
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-03-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:48:45Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:48:45Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26596-
dc.description.abstractThe sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 took the lives of 68 percent of the people aboard. Who survived? It was women and children who had a higher probability of being saved, not men. Likewise, people traveling in first class had a better chance of survival than those in second and third class. British passengers were more likely to perish than members of other nations. This extreme event represents a rare case of a well-documented life and death situation where social norms were enforced. This paper shows that economic analysis can account for human behavior in such situations.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2551en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelD64en
dc.subject.jelD71en
dc.subject.jelD81en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordDecision under pressureen
dc.subject.keywordtragic events and disastersen
dc.subject.keywordsurvivalen
dc.subject.keywordquasi-natural experimenten
dc.subject.keywordaltruismen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Beziehungenen
dc.subject.stwEntscheidungen
dc.subject.stwAltruismusen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Normen
dc.subject.stwKonsuminterdependenzen
dc.subject.stwRationierungen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwFeldforschungen
dc.subject.stwSchiffsunfallen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleSurviving the Titanic disaster: economic, natural and social determinants-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn59285616Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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